September 2015: Fresh!

1. as people arrive: [congregational game]

2. intro: [talk/slideshow]

ben's story about minister unable to translate 'jesus is lord and worthy to be praised': See here.

3. reinventing religious cliches [congregational activity]

ask congregation to translate into contemporary language and ideas (if they can)
using expressions that people can relate to, not christian jargon/cliches

hand out cliches on paper:
for individual phrases do a list of say 5 on a piece of paper, with space for the new versions
or a hymn, verse or liturgy by itself on paper, with space for new version
write footnotes to old hymns/liturgies - if you don't use it in normal language add footnotes

small group or individual activity but stick up on wall

all go and look at the results - presenter can read out some and invite explanation/discussion